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Yelp ad revenue rises 14% as advertisers ‘shift towards performance marketing’ 

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Yelp has reported better-than-expected advertising revenue in the second quarter of 2023, year on year. Advertising revenue reached just shy of $322 million, which is a 14% increase from the second quarter of 2022. A shift away from brand advertising and towards performance marketing was noted by Yelp bosses.

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Airbnb’s search marketing shift: Should advertisers follow suit?

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A recent Wall Street Journal article reported that Airbnb’s “strategy of slashing advertising spending, investing in brand marketing and lessening its reliance on search-engine marketing is continuing to pay off.”. It’s critical to be aligned with the external forces impacting your marketing mix. See terms.

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Microsoft Ads expands Copilot to more advertisers

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Microsoft Ads expanded its Copilot trial to a larger set of advertisers. The company confirmed to Search Engine Land that it is giving more advertises access to Copilot as it continues to collect data, test, optimize, and work towards a general availability. ” Get the daily newsletter search marketers rely on.

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Meta advertisers claim sales are down and costs are up due to glitchy automated system

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Meta advertisers claim the cost of running campaigns across it platforms has surged due to ongoing issues with its algorithm. If the reported ongoing algorithm issues continue to impact ad performance, marketers will need to take action to reduce costs by exploring rival platforms like Google and TikTok. Why we care.

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10 search marketing takeaways from digital marketing leader Aaron Levy at SMX Advanced

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SMX Advanced Day 2 kicked off with Aaron Levy reminding us about the complex nature of search marketing and the need to focus on customers in our strategy. Search survived some serious hits, in the case of the show, Nuclear Fallout, it carries the weight of what it used to be and what it’s known for.

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This day in search marketing history: January 24

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Your campaigns, managed by ‘Google Ads experts’ In 2019, some advertisers received an email from Google Ads with the headline: “We’ll focus on your campaigns, so you can focus on your business.” Unless advertisers opted out, they would have been added to the program automatically seven days after receiving the email.

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This day in search marketing history: January 22

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Google Suggesting Firefox Users Change Their Search Engine & Home Page 2015: Yahoo won the deal to be the default search engine in Firefox in November; now after losing some search share, Google was fighting back. Job Search Engines: The Hottest Thing Going 2009: Job search was the fastest-growing search category in the U.S.